E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Martha's Vineyard$3,984
San Diego$3,975
Florida Keys$3,969
Camp Pendleton$3,963
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,924
Los Angeles$3,882
Kauai County$3,798
Oakland$3,759
Staten Island$3,735
Honolulu County$3,663
Miami$3,660
Hawaii County$3,594
Fort Monmouth$3,549
Ventura$3,537
Essex CO$3,477
West Point$3,468
Monterey$3,465
Trenton$3,465
Chicago$3,438
West Palm Beach$3,423
Perth Amboy$3,393
Anniston$1,185
Miami is #21 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Miami0 – $5,862 / month
E-1$3,459
E-2$3,459
E-3$3,459
E-4$3,459
E-5$3,660
E-6$3,792
E-7$4,026
E-8$4,281
E-9$4,656
W-1$3,813
W-2$4,131
W-3$4,446
W-4$4,737
W-5$5,085
O-1E$4,074
O-2E$4,398
O-3E$4,791
O-1$3,687
O-2$3,789
O-3$4,437
O-4$5,208
O-5$5,763
O-6$5,814
O-7$5,862
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Miami to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $1,467 a month — about 11 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
Things the rate table doesn't tell you
01
“With dependents” is a dependency
status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized
BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the
with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides —
not this table.
02
O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as
O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.
03
This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA,
which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and
move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.